Ministry News

HE Interior Minister and EU Council team discuss security

His Excellency Interior Minister Lt-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa received the Middle East and Gulf Operations Team at the European Union Council on Wednesday. Deputy Interior Minister Lt-General Adel bin Khalifa Al Fadel and Assistant Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Major-General Mohammed Buhamood also attended the meeting.

HE the Interior Minister welcomed the EU delegation and said the visit was meant to exchange views. He praised the Bahrain-EU ties and said that Bahraini society continued to reinforce nationalism, adding that the Interior Ministry was keen on promoting development to face security challenges.

He briefed the delegation on the Ministry’s efforts to maintain security, general order and safety. Its members were shown some of the confiscated weapons and equipments used to commit acts of terrorism, violence and vandalism.

The meeting was also attended by the Director of the Ministry’s Joint Counter-terrorism Centre.